Bin-gate.



.PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

R. G. DUGAN.

- BIN GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 1904.

' Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT (J. DUGAN, OF BELLE PLAINE, IOWA.

BIN-GATE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 779,590,dated. January 10, 1905.

Application filed Ap 4, 1904. Serial No. 201,603.

1'.) (LZZ 1077,0712, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ROBERT C. DUGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belle Plaine, in the county of Benton and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bin-Gates, of whichthe following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a bin-gate of simple,durable, and inexpensive construction which can be easily operated andwhich will obviate the clogging of the gate when opening and shuttingit.

' A further object is to provide tracks upon which the gate is designedto move which are of such shape and so constructed that there will be nobinding of the gate as it is pushed in and drawn out.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction,arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device wherebythe objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully setforth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in Which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my bin-gate mountedin the ordinary discharge-pipe. This figure shows in dotted lines thedischargepipe in various positions. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thebin-gate, showing the discharge-pipe attached to the bottom of theordinary bin. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view of the discharge-pipe,showing in cross-section the bin-gate and the track upon which it ismounted. Fig. 4c is a vertical sectional view of the discharge-pipe,showing in longitudinal section the bin-gate. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe bin-gate mounted in the dischargepipe, and Fig. 6 is a detail viewof a portion of the bin-gate and showing in section said gate and one ofthe tracks upon which one side of the gate is mounted.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used thereference-numeral 10 to indicate the lower portion of the bin upon whichthe bin-gate is designed to be mounted. This may be of any desired formor shape, and it has an opening 11 leading through the bottom of it,adjacent to which my discharge-pipe is mounted.

The reference-numeral 12 indicates a plate which is designed to beattached to the lower portion of the bin 10. Depending from this plate12, which is in the form of a circular disk having an opening 13 throughits central portion, is the upper portion 14 of the discharge-pipe. Theupper portion 14 is some distance outside of the circuler opening 13 inthe center of the plate 12. Depending from the plate 12 and forming theedges of the opening 13 is the track-supporting collar 15, havingmounted on its lower portion the tracks 16 and 17, each of which isV-shaped in cross-section. These tracks are so mounted on the outside ofthe collar and on diametrically opposite sides thereof that the apex ofthe V is nearest the circular plate 12. The rear ends of the tracks 16and 17 are attach ed to the tracksupporting collar by the braces 18 and19, respectively, and they are connected at their forward ends by thebrace 20, which is outside of the upper portion 14: of thedischargepipe. Thesetracks therefore extendthrough the openings 20 and21, which are in the front portionof the upper portion 14 of thedischarge-pipe. Extending between these openings 20 and 21 is a slot 22,through which the bingate is designed to be moved. Slidingly mounted onthe tracks 16 and 17 is the gate 23, having the handle 24c at itsforward end. This bin-gate is composed of a flat body portion having theV-shaped flanges 24 and 25 at the edges thereof. Said flanges aredesigned to be slidingly mounted on the tracks 16 and 17, respectively,so that the upper portion of the bin-gate will engage the lower portionof the track-supporting collar 15 when atits inner limit of movement andclose thelower end of the opening through the collar 15. By drawing thegate 24 outwardly an opening will be provided at the lower end of thecollar 15, through which the grain in the bin will be allowed to dropdownwardly. Swiveled to the lower end of the upper portion of thedischarge-pipe is the lower portion thereof, which I have designated bythe numeral 26 and which is preferably made with an elbow in it and isso attached to the upper portion I I that it can be swung around fromone position to another, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the grainwill be allowed to discharge in the desired direction.

The lower portion 26 has a rim 27 extending outwardly from its upperportion. Attached to the upper portion 14 of the discharge pipe ,is aseries of lugs 28, which has a sub stantially U-shaped lower portion 29,in which the rim 27 of the lower portion is designed to rest, so thatthe lower portion 26 will be held against vertical 'movement relative tothe upper portion 14 by these lugs 28, and at the same time, owing tothe construction and arrangement of the lugs 28 and therim 27 when thelower portion is turned to the right or left, the rim 27 will slide inthe U-shaped portions 29 of the lugs 28, so that the lower portion iscapable of a swivel movement relative to the upper portion. By havingthe lower portion 26 swiveled to the upper portion 14 the operator canchange the position of the outlet of the discharge-pipe to be carried invarious directions.

In practical operation, owing to the peculiar construction of the bingate and tracks upon which it is mounted, the said gate will be easilyoperated without any danger of be coming clogged by the grain which issustained in the bin by said gate as it flows through thedischarge-pipe. By this arrangement of tracks and by having the trackson the outside of the track-supporting collar 15 the grain does not comein contact in any way with the track or the V-shaped projections whichsupport the gate 23 relative to said tracks and the danger of theclogging of the operative parts of the device is obviated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. In a device of the class described, a tracksupporting collar, tracksmounted on said collar, a gate having projections on each edge thereofdesigned to move longitudinally of mounted on said track and to passthrough an opening in the periphery of the dischargepipe.

4:. In a device of the class described, a discharge-pipe, atrack-supporting collar mounted on the inside of the discharge-pipe,tracks on the track-supporting collar, a gate having projections at eachedge thereof and extending upwardly therefrom designed to slidinglysupport the bin-gate on said track.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of atrack-supporting collar, an inverted-V-shaped track mounted adjacent tothe lower portion of said collar, a gate having V-shaped projections ateach edge thereof mounted on said tracks and capable of longitudinalmovement of them, for the purposes stated.

6. In a device of the class described, a discharge-pipe having a slot inthe periphery thereof, a track-supporting collar mounted inside of saiddischarge-pipe, an inverted-V- shaped track mounted adjacent to thelower portion of said collar, a gate having V-shaped projections at eachedge thereof mounted on said tracks and capable of longitudinal movementof them, for the purposes stated.

7. In a device of the class described, a discharge-pipe composed of anupper portion having a slot in the periphery thereof, a lower portionswiveled to the upper portion, a tracksupporting collar mounted insideof the upper portion of the discharge-pipe, an inverted-V- shaped trackmounted adjacent to the lower portion of said collar, agate havingV-shaped projections at each edge thereof mounted on said tracks andcapable of longitudinal movement of them, for the purposes stated.

8. In a device of the class described, a discharge-pipe composed of anupper portion having a slot in the periphery thereof, a lower portionswiveled to the upper portion, a tracksupporting collar mounted insideof the upper portion of the discharge-pipe, tracks mounted on saidcollar and a gate slidingly mounted on said track.

9. In a device of the class described, a tracksupporting collar, tracksmounted on said collar, and a gate slidingly mounted on said track.

ROBERT C. DUGAN.

Witnesses:

H. B. OoNKLIN, A. BRENTLINGER.

